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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!inferno.mpx.com.au!goliath.apana.org.au!news.syd.connect.com.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!news.uoregon.edu!hpg30a.csc.cuhk.hk!news.cuhk.edu.hk!newsfeeder.ust.hk!nntp.hk.super.net!news.iij.ad.jp!wnoc-tyo-news!news.join.ad.jp!news.imnet.ad.jp!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.cais.net!news.jsums.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!lll-winken.llnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!cebaf4.cebaf.gov!recycle.c ebaf.gov!doolitt From: doolitt@recycle.cebaf.gov (Larry Doolittle) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.os.linux.development.system Subject: Re: Linux or BSD? Date: 12 Apr 1996 12:33:24 GMT Organization: CEBAF Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4kliik$og7@cebaf4.cebaf.gov> References: <4jprsf$lo9@classic.eng.octel.com> <4kcofg$55p@onramp.arc.nasa.gov> <4kkhjp$dfr@taco.cc.ncsu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: recycle.cebaf.gov X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2971 comp.os.linux.development.system:21281 Kevin P. Neal (kpneal@eos.ncsu.edu) wrote: : Tom (lwilliam@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov) wrote: : : Linux is : : POSIX compliant and does one or two things different than BSD. All Linux : Can somebody please verify this? I mean, NetBSD says it is _almost_ : POSIX, with a few differences because of POSIX brain damage. Did : Linux put in that brain damage? : What does Linux *lack* as far as POSIX stuff? I don't know anything it _lacks_, but Linux include files don't follow POSIX rules regarding namespace pollution. Look at math.h for some examples. Is NetBSD better? - Larry Doolittle ldoolitt@cebaf.gov